Scripps Cancer Center's 22nd Annual Nurses Symposium. October 7-9, 2002. San Diego, Calif. For more information, contact Scripps Academic Affairs, Conference Services, 9333 Genesee Ave, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92121. Telephone: 858-882-8456, fax: 858-882-8466.
American Public Health Association's 130th Annual Meeting and Exposition. November 9-13, 2002. Philadelphia, Pa. For more information, contact APHA. Telephone: 202-777-2742, fax: 202-777-2530, Web: http://www.apha.org/meetings.
Fifth Nursing Academic International Congress-Cultural Diversity in Alternative Health Care and Nursing Therapeutics. December 2-4, 2002. Khon Kaen, Thailand. For more information, contact Congress Secretariat office, Dr Marisa Krairiksh, Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 4002, Thailand. Telephone: 66-4336-2008, fax: 66-4334-8301, e-mail: [email protected], Web: http://web.kku.ac.th/~nu.dean/FNAIC.htm.
First International Conference-Japanese Society of Cancer Nursing. February 8-10, 2003. Osaka, Japan. For more information, contact Conference Secretariat, Adult Nursing, School of Nursing, CHIBA University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, CHIBA 260-8672, Japan. Fax: +81-43-226-2379, e-mail: [email protected], Web: http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/~jscnic.
4th European Conference of Association for Common European Nursing Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes (ACENDIO) "Making Nursing Visible." March 20-22, 2003. Paris, France. For more information, contact Oud Consultancy-c/o Synopsis, PO Box 93, 2000 AB Haarlem, The Netherlands. Fax: +31 23 532 5063, e-mail: [email protected], Web: http://www.acendio.net.
8th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care. April 2-5, 2003. The Hague, The Netherlands. For more information, contact Kenes International, Global Congress Organizers and Association Management Services, 17 Rue du Cendrier, PO Box 1726, CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland. Telephone: +41 22 908 0488, fax: +41 22 732 2850, e-mail: [email protected], Web: http://www.eapcnet.org/TheHague2003/.
Disseminating End-of-Life Education to Cancer Centers. April 3-5, 2003. Pasadena, Calif. For more information, contact Project Director, Jo Hanson, City of Hope National Medical Center, Department of Nursing Research and Education, 1500 East Duarte, Duarte, CA 91010. Telephone: 626-359-8111 Ext 63108, fax: 626-301-8941, e-mail: [email protected], Web: http://deletcc.coh.org.
Royal College of Nursing Research Society Annual International Nursing Research Conference. April 10-12, 2003. Manchester, United Kingdom. For more information, contact Kathryn Clark, Senior Conference and Events Organizer, RCN Conference and Events Unit. Telephone: 020-7647 3585, e-mail: [email protected], Web: http://www.man.ac.uk/rcn/research2003/.
Evidence-Based Nursing-A Challenge for Practice. September 4-5, 2003. Malmo, Sweden. For more information, contact Malmo Kongressbyra, fax: +46-40-258 559, e-mail: [email protected], Web: http://www.malmo-congress.com.
Cancer Care Study Days.
October 11, 2002-Clinical Trials Study Day
October 15 and 22, 2002-Palliative Care: Symptom Management & Supportive Care for Patients and Their Families
For more information, contact Claire Little, Cancer Education Coordinator, Level 3, F Block, Beatson Oncology Centre, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, G11 6NT, Scotland. Telephone: 0141 211 1727, e-mail: [email protected].
Notices of upcoming conferences of interest to staff development educators will be printed in Cancer Nursing (TM) without charge. Please send information at least 4 months in advance of desired publication date.
Educational opportunities relevant to cancer are presented in this feature. Nurses and other health professionals are invited to submit notices of symposia, workshops, and continuing education offerings to: Carol Reed Ash, Editor, Cancer Nursing, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, P.O. Box 100187, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0187. Academic programs leading to advanced degrees in cancer nursing will be listed at the request of the sponsoring agency or institution. Selections of items for review will be based on their relevance to cancer care and the availability of space. Items must be submitted at least 4 months before the program date.